Position available - head of zf facility

Head of Zebrafish Facility
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The Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics,
Dresden, seeks a staff scientist as the head of the central
zebrafish facility. The position is open now. The institute is
currently built up mostly in Heidelberg and is scheduled to move to
Dresden at the beginning of next year. There are currently three
zebrafish groups in the institute, headed by Michael Brand, Carl-
Philipp Heisenberg, Wieland Huttner, respectively. The work of the
zebrafish groups will be embedded in a highly active molecular cell
biology and genetics environment at the MPI and at the
surrounding institutes in Dresden. In the end, the MPI will consist
of up to 400 people working in about 25 groups; further information
on the institute and the groups working there is available under
http://www.mpi-cbg.de/. Informal inquiries can also be directed to
Michael Brand (brand at sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de), e.g. at the
upcoming zebrafish meeting in CSH.
The facility will maintain and make available to the zebrafish groups
in the Institute wild-type and mutant zebrafish stocks, frozen
sperm, and reagents. In collaboration with the research groups, the
head of the facility and it's staff will conduct genetic screens and
other genetic experiments, and will participate in developing new
zebrafish methodology. The facility itself is a state-of-the art large-
scale aquarium system with currently 4000 tanks and a possibility
for expansion. Candidates should have an advanced degree and/or
training in biology (e.g. PhD), experience with embryology and
genetics (preferably zebrafish), knowledge of basic molecular
biology techniques, and strong organizational and management
skills. Salary according to german BAT scale (attractive!!),
comensurate with experience.
Please send your application to the following address:
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PD Dr. Michael Brand
Institut fuer Neurobiologie
Universitaet Heidelberg
and Max Planck Institute for Molecular
Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden
Im Neuenheimer Feld 364
69120 Heidelberg
FR of Germany
Fax (49) 6221 - 544496
email: brand at sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de